Trousers-protector.



T. 0. YOUNG. TROUSERS PROTECTOR. I

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1907.

1,065,401, Patented Oct. 10,1911.

I awe/mm THOMAS C. YOUNG, OF FURNESSVILLE, INDIANA.

TROUSERS-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

Application filed September 16, 1907. Serial No. 393,016.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Furnessville, county of Porter, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for boots and shoes intended to support the bottom part of the trousers above the heel of the shoes to prevent the trousers from becoming muddy and dirty by contact with the ground. One of its objects is to produce a device which is detachable and which may be thus used or not, as desired, and which cross section of the parts of this form of mentioned.

my attachment when locked together; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a part of my attachment made solid instead of hollow.

My attachment is made up of two main parts, the first of which consists of a small curved portion adapted to fit around the heel portion of the shoe, and preferably made of solid metal, but which may be made hollow or of any suitable material. This curved portion may be formed with the shoe when it is made and thus permanently secured to it, but preferably itis made separate so that it may be secured by stitches or otherwise to any ordinary shoe. The second main part consists of an upright pro-- jection or flange which may be made of ornamental shape, and which is adapted to be dctachably secured to the first portion above This upright projection or flange is adapted to stand a short distance from the surface of the shoe, so as to receive between it and the shoe the lower edge of the trousers.

In its broader aspect, my invention is not limited to the specific means by which the two main parts are dctachably secured together, since any suitable means may be used which is within the knowledge'of a mechanic skilled in the art. I have however shown in the drawing several improved forms of connections.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 6, the

curved bar 1 is made of hollow metal provided in the central portion of its top with an opening 2 wider across the bar than lengthwise thereof. This bar is also pro-- vided with depending ears at its inner side, which ears preferably have holes therethrough for the purposeof attaching the bar to a shoe by stitches or otherwise. This bar 1 is adapted to receive a detachable portion made up of the upright flange 4 having an inturned lower end 5 which lower'end 5 has thereon a lug 6 which is undercut at 7 next to the inturned portion, leaving a flange 8 beneath it. This lug 6 conforms in outline to the shape of the hole 2 in the bar 1, and the two parts may be secured together by inserting the lug in the hole when the flange 4 is at right angles to the bar 1, and the parts may be locked together by simply turning the flange 4 until it is parallel to the bar, thus bringing the flange 8 into engagement with the under-surface of the top wall of the bar 1. It will be clear that the part having the flange 4 may be attached to the bar 1 or removed therefrom while that bar is secured to the shoe and thus the wearer of the shoe mayuse the trousers support or not as he pleases. The bar 1 is so small and inconspicuous that it is not in the way when the support for the trousers is not in use.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a form of the device in which the curved bar to be attached to the shoe, indicated in this figure by l, is madeof solid material instead of hollow. In this instance the upper surface is provided with an opening 2* which is of the same general character as the opening 2 in Fig. 4, but which opening extends clear through to the inner we? of the bar for the purpose of ease in manufacture. When this bar is in place on the shoe, the shoe itself closes the inner end of this opening, and thus prevents the other portion of the attachmentfrom slipping out of the openmg.

Variations may be made in the form and proportion of the parts of my device and in the specific connecting means, without de parting from my invention.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangements of parts shown. what is claimed is:

1. The combination with a shoe, of a narrow rigid curved attachment secured to the vamp around the heei below the stitches, the said attachment being provideci "with a rectangular socket in its top provided With marginal inwardly projecting flanges, and a tongue-shaped attachment having its bottom so shaped as to removebly fit in said socket and to interlock with said flanges when turned ninety degrees, whereby said tongue-shaped. attachment extends upwardly in close proxnmty to the shoe.

2-. A attechioxnt oi the clam; described comp ing a rigid portion adopted. to he sewed 10 the heck pa-rt of a shoe 111;)(51 and being provided with a socket having an ope: in the top of said portion, and a eeoonu portion having a projection with an enlarged end adapted. to enter 5 5i socket and to turn therein to CiQtQChZLbif sec-ore the parts together, the said second portion having an upwardly exter ling pert adapted to stand a short distance from the suriaoe of the shoe.

3. An attachment of the class described, comprising a rigid curved portion adapted to be secured to the back part of a shoe upper and being provided in its top with an undercut socket longer in one direction than in the other, and a second portion having a, projection having marginal flange adapted to enter said socket and interlock therewith when turned, the seici second portion having an upwzudly extending pert adapted to stand it short distance from the surface of the shoe In tosti hire in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMILS C. YOUNG.

Wimesses J 011 J. WALSH, HERMAN C. TR'EUNER.

10313 whereof I eflix my signav- 3 

